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Cherokee Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pascagoula, Jackson County. The school has 186 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pascagoula-Gautier School District school district. It serves grades K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cherokee Elementary School enrolls 186 students across grades K–4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% Black or African American, 30% White and 25% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 66 | 35% |
| White | 55 | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 46 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 8.6% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
186 of the school's 186 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 186 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cherokee Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MS-40, state senate district 52, state house district 111.
Cherokee Elementary School is one of 19 schools in Pascagoula-Gautier School District, based in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The district serves 6,579 students district-wide and employs 560 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 186 students, Cherokee Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 346 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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